AT&T activated 146,000 iPhones at launch

While Apple is planning to release its quarterly financial results tomorrow, AT&T has dropped its own numbers today, which includes some information on the iPhone. Though AT&T’s financial results were higher than many had anticipated, due in no small amount to the iPhone, the wireless provider said that it had activated about 146,000 iPhones in the first two days of availability. That number, although not insubstantial, is lower than many analysts and industry watchers had predicted.

The accuracy of these numbers is somewhat questionable, however, as AT&T clearly had some problems keeping up with the demands placed on their activation system during that first weekend. Many iPhone customers ended up having to wait several days for their activation to go through, so the number of iPhones sold will undoubtedly be higher.

So eyes and ears have turned to Apple itself, in the hopes that tomorrow’s conference call will fill in the details a bit.

Category: AT&T

Posted by Dan Moren on Jul 24 2007, 11:42 AM ET

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